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I should probably thank Netflix for helping me save money. Their shenanigans pissed me off enough that I've entirely withdrawn from all paid streaming - I have a media server and a VPN now. Total media cost, $70 /year or ~$5.83 /month. For that, I have:
- Access to any movie or t.v. show any streaming service has ever provided
- No ads
- Shows/films don't get removed from from the platform without warning.
Right there with you! Though I must be honest, I spent a lot more time and energy on automating the thing than I expected. Now that it's up and running, it's bulletproof and very low touch. I'm now permanently out of the streaming ecosystem. Which is really testament to how badly these companies screwed up. I still subscribe to Spotify because I get access to everything for a fair price. Visual media streaming could have been the same thing, but no. They created 10 different competing services, constantly switching where content could be located. All the apps are different and many suck. They're full of DRM so I struggle to watch them on planes or car trips, depending on the service. They gave us a terrible experience and continue to jack up the prices. I'm out.
Hey @blackstampede now that is impressive!!
Edit: Also wondering if there are any guides, for a friend also.
@blackstampede any guides you would recommend? Asking for a friend
Look up Plex. And then look up Plexshares. Unfortunately the subreddit is private at the moment so I'm not sure where else to look but I am a part of one and I pay 18AUD, have access to all the latest movies Anne TV shows that are on streaming or have been on streams.
Interesting, do you mind elaborating? Iβve been contemplating something similar but not sure where to start.
Canadians phase-in their "free" torrent streaming plans from stremio
Got that IPTV and Sonarr/Radarr setup already cooking ;)
IPTV for live TV you mean? I have the *arr setup but lack a good live solution
Yeah I've got a person I know that runs a small iptv service. Mainly used for live things like sports. I more got it setup for my parents place because it's just easier for them to use that then to try to use things like reddit to find streams of each sporting game they want to watch.
It can also be good for when you just want to put something random on in the background. I personally barely use it as I don't really watch sports and I hate watching ads. So for my content it mostly comes from sonarr/radarr.
We cancelled Netflix when they changed their plans earlier this year forcing people to pay extra to use their account in multiple locations.
Fuck em. There's plenty of streaming websites to watch their content without going through their platform, so whatever. Paying them was a means to say thank you for providing your service, but after being treated like that, they can get bent.
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I was with them for over ten years. Cancelled when they said I could share an account with my mom. Sorry, it's just not that good anymore and the prices have gone way up. It was time to get out of the pot.
Why Canada? The artice says Netflix also used Canada to test its password sharing changes as well so it seems Canadians are a testing ground for Netflix for some reason
Why Canada? The artice says Netflix also used Canada to test its password sharing changes as well so it seems Canadians are a testing ground for Netflix for some reason
Well, Canadians have many biological similarities to humans, so theyβre good candidates for a variety of experiments
I had noticed this as well. My theory is, they see us as a demographically similar market to the US but significantly smaller. So they can test their plans on us to get an idea of response before rolling it out to a larger American audience while taking a much smaller financial risk.
Bingo. Canada, Australia and New Zealand are all used as "test markets". They try an idea out with one of us to see how it might work in the larger markets.
Canada (or some specific cities here) has long been used as a test market for all manner of things.
Probably because viewing habits are similar to the US, but not as large. So if the "testing" doesn't go well, they don't lose out as much as the bigger markets.
Why Canada
Corporate test markets are always in areas where the demographics cover many different targets. If you test in an area that leans heavily towards one demographic, mostly old people for example, then you don't get any data about how other groups view your change, like teenagers.
Canada is incredibly diverse but also small and with well defined boundaries.
Maybe we're too nice to REALLY complain so they do it here first to prepare U.S.A. Americans for it
Smaller sample size but similar enough culture to the states. Sometimes we gets apps first too before they try pushing it to 300+ million
Cause statistics don't lie.
Sorry, we are quiet and don't cause much of a fuss.
Personally I had cancelled my subscription a couple years ago. Not even over any particular action on Netflix's part. I wasn't using the service enough to justify paying for it monthly.
Same here. It's the same reason we dropped cable about 10 years ago.
Not enough value to justify the cost.
YAHAR!!! I guess I'll put on me pegleg and eye patch again.
To the seven digital seas..... YAHAR! mates, we're sailing again!!
a bold move for a company that has marginal content. there are way better paid options out there.
So now they've confirmed existing basic plan members are also being targeted "in the near future". No problem, I've saved them the trouble for myself. I had mostly stopped using it by now anyway, not even worth the $10/month I was wasting on it
I stayed after the password sharing crackdown but this will make me cancel.
Are they mad that we all dropped to their basic plan when they cut password sharing?
Fuck βem. They get one month from me. To watch Lupin. Otherwise nope not interested.
Thanks for letting me know I can download the new season!
Comes out in October
I'll set a reminder, thanks!